Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) and Agthia Group’s Agri Business Division, Grand Mills, have welcomed the first ever shipment of ‘soya bean meal’ into Abu Dhabi, through Mina Zayed. Grand Mills has chosen to ship the bulk material directly into the UAE capital rather than relying on road transport from other ports. The first shipment [...]
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DP World London Gateway, the UK’s new deep-sea port and Europe’s largest logistics park, are to hold a trio of exclusive presentation events in the U.S.A in mid-June to promote its super-port, which opens in the Fall of this year. Designed and built to reduce supply chain costs, the London Gateway port will facilitate new [...]
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The Port of Cork and the Port of Shenzhen today formally signed a Sister Port Agreement which will see both ports developing the trade and shipping business while deepening the understanding and relationship between each other. The signing took place in the Port of Cork offices during a two day visit of eleven delegates from [...]
Weifang Port is planning an expansion of its capacity with an investment worth approximately USD 1.6 Billion, reports SinoShip News Portal. The plan is to build thirteen 5000- ton class berths and at least nineteen 20,000- ton class berths in the next three years. Speaking in the long-term, Weifang Port intends to raise its capacity [...]
Port Manatee and Docas do Rio de Janeiro (the Rio de Janeiro Port Authority) will become International Sister Seaports, establishing new opportunities for foreign trade between the U.S. and Brazil and marking the first time a Florida Gulf Coast seaport has entered into such an agreement. Jorge Luiz de Mello, president-director of the Rio de [...]
CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt, the second unit of the world’s largest containership series, was christened yesterday in the Port of Hamburg, Maritime Connector writes. The twin sister of CMA CGM Marco Polo, built by DSME, started its first voyage series on April 19th from Pusan, South Korea. The vessel is 396 meters long, 54 [...]
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A team of editors of World Maritime News portal has paid a visit to one of the major ports of the Adriatic coast, the Port of Bar in Montenegro. Over the past five years, the port management was divided into two operators, Luka Bar AD and AD Container Terminal. Luka Bar AD rated this year’s [...]
Baltic Fuel Company LLC (BFC) has put into operation a conventional tanker, Valery Zelenko, for providing bunkering operations at port St. Petersburg, the company said. This 3,495-dwt tanker has inner skin and double bottom, meets the requirements of MARPOL Annex VI. The length is 92.86 m, breadth – 14.36 m. This oil tanker with the [...]
The Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners announced the appointment of maritime shipping industry veteran Chris Lytle as the new Executive Director of the Port of Oakland. This announcement comes after a four-month global search to find a world-class, transformative business leader who could quickly address the Port’s opportunities and challenges. “The Port Commission set [...]
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A huge re-enforced concrete pontoon, weighing almost 7000 tonnes, has floated out of dry dock on the north bank of the Tyne, marking a major milestone in a £25 million Humberside port development. Almost 18 million litres of water was pumped into the dock at Shepherd Offshore’s Neptune Energy Park to successfully float the structure, [...]
